One of my favorite things to do is to help instruct someone that is new to the hunting scene. Over the past few years, I have had the privilege to teach through seminars, talk with hunters, and to…
If a snowstorm blows in during the last free day you have to hunt for the season, don’t smash the alarm buzzer down and roll over. Some surprisingly good deer hunting can take place even during a…
If you’re looking for a late-season buck, one of the best places to hunt is a simple blowdown area where wind and age have toppled a large tree, creating a buck hideout that’s often neglected by…
One of my favorite things to do once deer season is in full swing is to make an all day set in my treestand. Like the majority of hunters, I don't get as much time to do those kinds of sets due to…
The hard work and anticipation of that special hunt finally paid off with you taking the trophy of your dreams. No matter if the trophy happens to be the record book whitetail you’ve hunted for all…
When asking deer hunters when their favorite time of year to hunt occurs they will often say pre rut. Some even say that it is those few days around Halloween. This is mostly due to the fact that…
When lockdown brings hunting the Whitetail pre-rut scraping and chasing activity to a screeching halt you can do two things. Wait for it to end and activity to resume, or make things happen.
To do…
Treestands provide excellent opportunities for hunters, but they come with extra risks. An average of 20 hunters die every year from treestand falls—and many more are permanently impaired. The…
Every hunting season has its quirks, so you can’t expect to utilize the same gear over and over. Your winter gear won’t hold up to the scorching heat of summer, so why limit yourself? You need to…
Over the last two decades the game trail camera has no doubt become the biggest tool in a hunters arsenal when it comes to scouting whitetail deer. It has become so popular in fact, that a game…
Heat, humidity, mosquitoes, powerful thunderstorms – not the conditions that make many folks think, “Let’s go hunting.” However, if you just need to get out and apply your predatory skills … and burn…
From GrowingDeer.tv : a "how to" video for designing a new or expanding an old food plot in timber: How to select trees; How to decide borders; How to mark timber; Which trees should be saved;…